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Biography
Previous Course Leader for the BSc Hons in Counselling Studies; Senior Lecturer on BSc Hons Psychology with Counselling. Previously Course Leader for MSc in Counselling Studies - vocational training. Senior Lecturer in Higher Education since 1990 in Midwifery - combined theory and practice. Early career in Nursing; Key achievements: received 'Surgical Nurse of the Year' award. Midwifery training, Key achievement: Advanced Midwifery award in 1984.Worked as a midwifery manager in the NHS 1983-1988. Key achievement: PGCEA from University of Surrey in 1990. Moved into Counselling and Psychotherapy in 1996; Key achievement: MSc in Counselling from the University of Nottingham in 1999; Key achievement: Work in Ethiopia with HIV and Aids; Key achievement: Gestsalt Psychotherapy training - completed in 2005. Currently practising as a gestalt psychotherapist , professionally registered with the UKCP. Completing Professional Doctorate focusing on how therapists use their personal development group experience in their client work. Presented work at the BACP research conference in 2016 and Middlesex University in Dubai 2017. Book published in Oct 2019 on Personal Development Groups for trainee Counsellors; Currently working as an organisational consultant and clinical supervisor for counselling and psychotherapy training. Training consultant with the Manchester Gestalt Centre.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Body trauma
- Diversity in counselling practice
- Personal development
- Reflection used as an evaluative tool
Research Expertise and Interests
- Psychotherapy, Personal Development, Trauma, Supervision and Training
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Retrospective accounts of emotional experiences during personal development groups in qualified counsellors and psychotherapists
Smith, C. & Burr, V., 25 May 2021, In: Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Personal Development Groups for Trainee Counsellors: An Essential Companion
Godward, J., Dale, H. & Smith, C., 8 Oct 2019, 1st ed. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 198 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review